a. Zool. [f. STYLE sb. or STYL-US + -OTE.] Of sponge-spicules: Having the form of a style or stylus.
1886. Proc. Zool. Soc., 590. Spicules … tylostylote or stylote.
1887. S. O. Ridley, in Challenger Rep., XX. 96. Megasclera stylote to tylostylote.
